Wall calendar



A. J. STEVENS WALL CALENDAR Dec. 15, 1931.

Filed June 28, 1930 INVENTOR Manffirems ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 15, 1931 ARTHUR J. STEVENS, 0130mm, ILLINOIS WALL CALENDAR Application filed June 28, 1930. Serial No. 464,589.

My invention relates to calendars, and it particularly has reference to those which are usually hung up or otherwise mounted on a wall.

The invention has for an object to provide a new and useful daily date calendar that permits the purchasers of the calendars to purchase from year to year, only the calendar pads, placing them on the backs which they had previously used or distributed.

Further it is an object to provide a back to be mounted on the wall and a pad attached to the back, the sheets of which pad may be torn off, one by one, as desired, the construction of the pad mounting means being such that the sheets of the pad cannot be so tightly secured as to prevent their being easily removed one at a time.

Further it is an object to provide a calendar whose pad fastening devices are so designed as to permit the user to replace his old pad with a new one with the utmost ease and without removing bolts, sleeves or the calendar back.

2 Further it is an object of the invention to provde a pad fastening device of such con struction that during the process of assembly by the manufacturer the assembler cannot fasten the pads so tightly that the first few sheets pulled away will not come away with ease.

Another object of my invention is to make a pad fastening device which is simple, compact, inexpensive and attractive in appear- 'ance.

Another object of my invention is to provide against any possibility of the bolt where it passes through the nut at the back of the calendar from projecting beyond the plane of the nut and forcing itself through the mailing container in which the calendars are shi ped.

(gther objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

' To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends, my invention consists in the novel features of construction and in the combination, connection and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described, and then pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: a Figure 1 is a rspective view showinghow a pad'is placed iin the back. i Figure 2 is an enlarged detail vertical sec-- tion through one of the mounting devices. In the drawings, in which-likenumerals of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, 8 represents theback which may be of any desired construction, and preferably provided with spaces for advertising matter, as is the usual custom. Secured to the back 8 is one or more fastening means for the pads 3. The fastening means comprise spindles 4 each having a flange 2 (fixed or removable) adjacent one end, that portion of the end of the spindle which projects beyond the fixed flange being threaded to receive a securing nut 1 and also being adapted to pass through a suitablehole in the back 8, the'length of the threaded portion being such thatwhen the nut is tightened home its exposed face and that of the end of the threaded portion of the spindle-will be flush, as shown best in Figure 2 of the drawings.

The spindle 4 has a reduced threaded portion '5 thereby providing a shoulder against which the end 6 of the screw head 7 may abut, the screw head 7 being bored and tapped to fit-on the threaded portion 5 of the spindle 4:. v The length of the spindle 4 from flange 2 to the shoulder 9 adjacent the threaded portion 5is of a fixed length equal to the thickness of the pad 3 which it is designed to receive, so that when the screw head 7 is 8 screwed home tightly it will not jam the leaves of the pad-'3 so tightly as to prevent the ready tearing off of the top sheets of the same when desired. While my invention is particularly useful in connection with calendar'p'ad's it is obvious that it may be employed in any case where a pad of sheets is mounted on a back.

The invention is especially useful, however, inadvertising daily calendar pads because it enables one to purchase a set of backs and? pads for distribution to his clientele and then in subsequent years simply furnish the clientele with. the pad replace ments. Thus the backs remain useful from year to year and the advertisements thereon become fixed or established in the places Where the calendars are used.

Other advantages of the invention will be clear to those skilled in the art.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A fiat back to lie against a Wall parallel thereto, a pad, means to mount said pad on said back, said mounting means comprising at least one spindle having a flange adj acent one end, said one' end being threaded, said back having a hole through which said threaded end is passed, and a clamp nut on said threaded end for securing said spindle to the back, and removable means on the other end of said spindle for .holdingthe pad in place said spindle having its external surface smooth throughout that portion of its length which passes through the pad.

2. A flat back to lie against a Wall parallel thereto, a pad, means to mount said pad on said back, said mounting means comprising at least one spindle having a flange adjacent one end, said one end being threaded, said back having a hole through which said threaded end is passed, and a clamp nut on said threaded end for securing said spindle to the back, and removable means on the other end of said spindle for holding the pad in place, the length of said threaded end being not greater than the combined thickness of the back and nut said spindle having its external surface smooth throughout that portion of its length which passes through the pad. 3. A flat back to lie against a wall parallel thereto, a pad, means to mount said pad on said back, said mounting means comprising at least one spindle having a flange adjacent one end, said one end being threaded, said back having a hole through which said threaded end is passed, a clamp nuton said threaded end for securing said spindle to the back, the other end of said spindle having a shoulder and a threaded portion projecting beyond the shoulder, and a screw head threaded on said threaded portion to abut said shoulder said spindle having its external surface smooth throughout that portion of'its length which passes through the pad.

4. A flat back to lie against a Wall parallel j thereto, a pad, means to mount said pad on sald back, said mounting means comprls ng at least one spindle having a flange ad acent one end, said one end being threaded, said back havln'g a hole through which 821d threaded endis passed, a clamp nut on said threaded end for securing said spindle to the back, the other end of said spindle'having a shoulder and a threaded portion projecting beyond the shoulder, and a screw head threaded on said threaded portion to abut said shoulder, the length of said first mentioned threaded end being not greater than the combined thickness of the back and nut said spindle having its external surface smooth throughout that portion of its length Which passes through the pad.

ARTHUR J. STEVENS. 

